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Atlanta police are investigating three different shootings and stabbings that occurred Saturday morning. Two people were killed and one man was critically injured in the incidents, which are unrelated.

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2 dead, 1 critically injured at 3 unrelated Atlanta crime scenes
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Darlene Nicole Brister, 40, was charged with two counts of malice murder and is being held without bond in a Paulding County jail. Her charges stem from a house fire Friday night in which three children died and another was hospitalized with burn wounds, Paulding fire officials confirmed.

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Deputies: 3 children die after domestic disturbance linked to fire at home
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A game warden for the Department of Natural Resources scours Lake Lanier searching for a drowning victim this week.

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Man dies at Lake Lanier, marking 3rd drowning in reservoir this week
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A 16-year-old girl is accused of trafficking a younger teenager, according to Canton police.

Police: 13-year-old sex trafficking victim rescued during Canton traffic stop
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May 12, 2022 Atlanta - Alexis Cargile and her son Logan, 7, hold walk to their apartment home after getting off from a school bus outside The Hills at Greenbriar Apartments in Southwest Atlanta on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Investigators worked to learn who shot a man who crashed his SUV in the front yard of a Gwinnett County home Jan. 27. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Road shootings still a deadly, dangerous trend in 2022
December 7, 2021 Clayton County: Cobb County police officers line up to leave Southlake Mall heading towards First Baptist Church in Jonesboro on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 where the funeral for fallen Clayton County police officer Henry Laxson was held. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Police officers are targets of violence as crime spikes across U.S., FBI chief says
Police are seen at a scene where a man was found shot and dead inside a sedan after it crashed into a fence at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex on Friday, April 15, 2022. The crash occurred outside of the Donnelly Courts apartments. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Atlanta No. 3 in U.S. for highest homicide jump during COVID, study finds
Police released video footage from a southwest Atlanta strip mall showing the suspect who shot 51-year-old security guard Anthony Frazier in the back of the head. (Photo: Atlanta police)

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9 security guards shot, 4 fatally, in metro Atlanta in 13 months
A 6-month-old was killed in a drive-by shooting Jan. 24.

Kids, teens across metro Atlanta among 2022 shooting victims
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Steve Sadow, defense attorney, is offering free legal services to anyone who is prosecuted due to abortions.

Prominent Atlanta lawyer will rep anyone prosecuted for abortions for free
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3 siblings drown in Clarks Hill Lake just north of Augusta
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3 wanted for questioning in teen’s fatal shooting at DeKalb gas station
Police: Man shot by maintenance worker in parking deck of Buckhead apartments
Georgia DNR officers paused their dayslong search for a missing man in Lake Lanier to chase down a stolen ski boat valued at more than $100,000, officials said.

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DNR: Agents pause search for man in Lake Lanier to catch alleged boat thief
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Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office conducts a training exercise at Mill Creek middle school Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Woodstock, Ga. The training exercise was an active shooter drill to prepare officers to respond to school shootings. This training exercise was staged and students were volunteered to act during the exercise. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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‘No hesitation’: Local officers train for active shooter incidents
FBI raids Georgia churches near military bases, sources say church was targeting soldiers
Gov. Kemp to testify in Fulton County’s Trump probe
Drowned 61-year-old man pulled from Lake Lanier in Gainesville
James Riley Williams IV was arrested Thursday on a charge of malice murder in a double shooting that also injured his father, according to Griffin police.

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Griffin man arrested in shooting that injured father, killed woman
Tractor-trailer catches on fire, shuts down busy DeKalb road for hours
Middle Georgia sheriff’s deputies shoot, kill man who pointed gun at them
Police arrest driver accused in Marietta hit-and-run
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Governor Brian P. Kemp speaks at the Georgia School Board Association Summer conference in Savannah on June 10, 2022. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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Gov. Kemp to testify in Fulton County’s Trump probe
In this video screenshot, Leanna Taylor, ex-wife of Justin Ross Harris, speaks to AJC reporters in Birmingham on Feb. 10.

Justin Ross Harris’ ex-wife reacts to decision reversing his murder conviction
Clarke County Superior Court Judge Eric Norris. (Athens-Clarke County Unified Government)

Judge must be reprimanded for detaining bondsman, Georgia high court rules
Justin Ross Harris is sentenced in December 2016 to life in prison for killing his 22-month-old son, Cooper. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown holds a wanted poster of the suspect as he talks to the media Wednesday afternoon.A man suspected of killing a toddler was shot by a DeKalb County deputy Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia. According to Lt. Kyle Jones with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were pursuing Nicholas Clarence Wade on a murder warrant.

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In this video screenshot, Leanna Taylor, ex-wife of Justin Ross Harris, speaks to AJC reporters in Birmingham on Feb. 10.

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DeAnthony Alexander Cullins was arrested on charges of malice murder and aggravated assault in the June 12 shooting death of Dyshea Hall.

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Man charged in slaying of 16-year-old girl outside DeKalb Kroger
A criminal complaint was filed against Willie George Stallings after he allegedly threatened federal officers with a gun Friday. Stallings was shot and injured by federal officers during a standoff.

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Feds ID man shot by federal officers in downtown Atlanta
Gwinnett County police Cpl. Aaron Carlyle pets K-9 Kai, who was shot multiple times during an domestic-related incident May 23. Kai was released from North Georgia Veterinary Specialists in Buford on Tuesday, June 14.

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Charges stick after court challenge from teen accused of shooting police K-9
A 61-year-old man allegedly broke into the Wat Phramahajanaka Buddhist temple in Griffin, stole a bus and crashed it Wednesday afternoon, according to the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office.

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Man charged with breaking into Buddhist temple, stealing bus
An Atlanta murder suspect on the run was taken into custody Wednesday morning by U.S. Marshals just outside Cleveland, Ohio.

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Suspect wanted in NW Atlanta homicide arrested in Ohio
A burglary was reported at a Buckhead home owned by former Atlanta Hawk Vince Carter, officials said. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

Nearly $100K stolen in burglary at Vince Carter’s Atlanta mansion
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Abraham Hardy, 39, was convicted of aggravated child molestation, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes and statutory rape, officials said.

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South Carolina man convicted of aggravated child molestation in Douglas County
Atlanta police officers search a McLaren abandoned on Peachtree Road for evidence after gunfire was reported around 4 a.m. Wednesday.

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Man arrested in shooting investigation that shut down Buckhead street
A 15-year-old was killed in a shooting at a Clayton County apartment complex Tuesday night.

15-year-old boy killed in Clayton County apartment shooting
Clarke County Superior Court Judge Eric Norris. (Athens-Clarke County Unified Government)

Judge must be reprimanded for detaining bondsman, Georgia high court rules
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Man accused of killing mother, stepfather and cousin in shooting at Cobb home
Gwinnett County fundraising organization Little Kings and Queens, known for casino nights and charitable poker tournaments, has a history of filing non-profit tax returns featuring very little information.

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Tax filings obscured donations made by Buford nonprofit, alleged gambling den
Douglasville police exchanged gunfire with a suspect who had been “behaving abnormally" before shooting at an officer Tuesday night, according to the police department.

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Police exchange gunfire with suspect in Douglasville neighborhood
Justin Ross Harris is sentenced in December 2016 to life in prison for killing his 22-month-old son, Cooper. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Georgia Supreme Court tosses Harris’ murder conviction in hot car case
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